BIMARU
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Word-play on Hindi बीमार (bīmār, “sick, ill”), coined by Indian demographer Ashish Bose in the 1980s.
Proper noun
[edit]BIMARU
- (India, sometimes derogatory) Initialism of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, the poorest and least developed regions in India.